Package-tie.



T. E. LEWIS.

PACKAGE. TIE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1907.

Patentea @ct.13,1908.

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UNITED srnrns PATENT onnron.

THOMAS: E. LEWIS,

OF VIOKSBURG, MISSISSIPPL memem Sp ecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, lacs.

Application-filed August 16, 1907. Serial No. 388,751.

To all whom it may concern. I

. Be it known that I, THOMAS E. Lnwrs, of

the city of Vicksbur in theState (if Mississippl, haveinvente certain Im rovements of which the a ldwing is a specificatlon. J

. h1s 1nventionrelates to certain improvements 1n the construction of the package tie d for which Letters Patent N 0, 303,528 were granted to me .on the twelfth day of August, 1884, and to which reference should be made. 7 [In the description of the present invention which follows, reference is made Figure 1 is a top view of by the improved tie. top view of the tie Without the cord. is a partly sectional ed eferring now to t sents the package.

a packagesecured Fig.3 c View of Fig. 2. r e drawing, 1 repre- .2 is a foundation board desirable shape, and 3 a disk secured to the board by an eyeleted hook a such as'is cord from the v the cord are knotted together as shownin- The advantage of the eyeleted the said Letters T e .3 is" the closed side. of the eyeleted hook at throu h which the doubled cord is, brought 'in' the tying operation hereinafter described- In order that the cord: 5 with the other ele ments of thetie may constitute an entirety and thus prevent accidental separationof the foundation" board; the ends of The operation of securing a package by conslsts placmeans of the im roved tie,

'to the ac panymg drawingforming a part hereof, and n whic Fig. 2 is an enlarged the disk, it pro v provided with a notch d" which extends from its circumference to near. b

.of' the bo'ard Z, and situated ex 1 looked as described, it end .of the foundation board'5 held closely to the package by reason of the double cord final act of t scribed, is I believe,

specified.

ing the loop 0 around the package with the foundation board and disk on the top thereof, then carrying the double cord around the ackagein-a reverse direction and over the eyelet, and drawing it tightly. The fastening is then completed by passing the double cord through the notch d to below the isk or between it and the foundation board, .then carrying it around the eyelet and finally bring it out from under'the disk by way of the notch, when it is automatically locked by the pressure thereon of the double cord leading from the end of the package to the hooked eyelet. f

With the construction of the package tie will'be understood that one leadlng to the hook which is above the disk, whilethe other end is similarly held due to the double cord extending to the end of the package leading from the upper side of the said board, as shown in Fig. 1.

The automatic locking of the cord in the ing the package as above de a new and valuable feature 1n package ties, and cannot be eflected by my patented invention, or by any other tie with which I am acquainted.

I claim as my invention In a'package tie, a foundation board rovided .with two eyeleted holes, a note ed disk, and a hooked means for securing the disk to the foundation board,'combined with a loose cord the ends of which are inserted through the eyeletedholesfrom theunderside of the foundation oard and secured together, the doubled cord being ada ted to be passed over the hooked eyelet, t en carried around the eye let betweenthe disk and foundation board, and .then locked by being'carried under another portion of' THOMAS E. LEWIS.

Witnesses: -JOHN BRUNINI,

J. K. HIRSCH.

eyelet which serves as the cord, substantially as 

